• Hadriscus@jlai.lu
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    1 day ago

    I read it happened over one millisecond. Not enough for the nervous system to even register something was happening.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The final crush, yes, but they were having troubles on the descent. They dropped weights and were attempting an emergency ascent, but the sub wasn’t raising as fast as it should’ve. Meaning, the sub was either taking on water or shrinking in size (minor hull failure/deformation) loooong before the CF popped off the dome and poof.

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        19 hours ago

        If they weren’t ascending at the right speed it was a motor failure. The hull was fiberglass it can’t deform, it can get cracks and hold or fail. The scary stuff leading up to failure would be loud sounds coming from the hull.

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          43 minutes ago

          Nope and nope. It’s motors are for maneuvering mostly. The emergency ascent is about dumping weights to decrease the sub’s effective density, making it more bouyant.

          The hull was carbon fiber, not fiberglass, and both deform readily under such pressure.

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        1 day ago

        Yea, I remember the final text said something like “dropped two weights”